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-- Federal Appeals Court Rejects PA Senate Republican Caucus Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban  [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Fracking Ban In Delaware River Basin Survives PA Republican Lawmakers’ Challenge In Federal Court

-- Reuters: Delaware River Basin Fracking Ban Challenge By PA Republican Caucus Rejected By Court

-- IRRC Votes 4 To 1 To Disapprove A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation DEP Said Would Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: IRRC Votes Down Rule To Limit Manganese In Streams To Protect Public Health

-- House Committee Meets Sept. 13 On Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 19 Info Meeting On Carbon Capture Technology  [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 To Consider Solar Energy Subscriber Program Bill  [PaEN]

-- Law360: Commonwealth Court Considers Time Limit For Senate, House To Block PA State Regulations [RGGI Case]

-- PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Host Sept. 21 Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges  [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: Right-Wing ALEC Group, U.S. Lobbyists Help Craft Slew Of Anti-Protest Fossil Fuel Bills [PA Bills Introduced]

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Rep. Conklin Challenges Proposed Increase In Fishing License Fee

Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -----------------------------------

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

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--  94 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults  [PaEN]

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues  [PaEN]

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Air

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [Natural Gas, Wood, Propane, Heating Oil]  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Hazy Skies In Centre County’s Forecast Due To Wildfires In Western U.S. 

-- TribLive: California Wildfire Smoke Makes Its Way To Western PA

-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke From Western U.S. Expected In Philly Region Thru Weekend

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Police Warn Of Uptick In Catalytic Converter Thefts

-- Inquirer: Ragweed-Pollen Count Flies Off The Charts In Philly Region: ‘I’ve Never Seen It That High’

Alternative Fuels

-- PA Awarded $25.4 Million In Federal Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: PA Receives First $25.4 Million In Federal Funds For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Pennsylvania Gives Millions To Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Regional Transit Zero-Emission Fleet To Cost $572.2 Million By 2045 Goal  

-- WSJ: Vehicle Battery Recycling Race Heats Up After New Federal Climate, Energy Law

Awards & Recognition

-- Westmoreland County Conservation District Announces 2022 Conservation Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sewickley Farm Earns Conservation Award Thanks To Management Practices

-- WeConservePA: Wissahickon Trails Win Two Major Awards

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Recognize PA Pollinator Photo Challenge Winners  [PaEN]

-- Vote Now For Delaware Highlands Conservancy Photo Contest People’s Choice Favorite Thru Sept. 23 [On Facebook]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Provides Update On Sept. 28 Meeting To Discuss Proposed Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Measures

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Recognize PA Pollinator Photo Challenge Winners  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Going Native - Fall A Good Time To Plot Your Turf Lawn Makeover To Native Plant Garden

-- Republican Herald: Ginseng: PA’s Little Know Wild Herb Shrouded In Mystery

Chesapeake Bay

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

-- USGS: Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Continued To Decline In 2018-2020 - By Rachel Felver, Director Of Communications,  Chesapeake Bay Program  [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Invites Comments On Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Ohio & Lake Erie Watershed Stormwater Management Plans [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29  [PaEN]

-- Lebanon Daily News: Saving The Chesapeake Bay One Waterway At A Times - On Proposed Snitz Creek Restoration Project

-- Lebanon Daily News: North Cornwall Twp. Chair Slams Watershed Assn. For Threats Of Protest Over Stream Restoration Project

-- USDA Announces Investments In Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities And Rural Projects - 19 Benefiting PA [PaEN]

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Agriculture Industry Partners Awarded $25 Million USDA Grant To Pay Farmers For Their Stewardship To Improve Water Quality, Reduce Carbon  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: $900 Million USDA Funded Climate Projects To Benefit Pennsylvania

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Awarded $55 Million To Advance Climate-Smart Farming, Marketing

-- Centre Daily Times: USDA Will Give Penn State $25 Million To Work With PA Dairy Farmers On Combating Climate Change

-- Penn State: No-Till Management May Reduce Nitrous Oxide Gas Releases, Fight Climate Change

-- NPR: Farmers Split From Republicans On Climate Change, They’re Getting Billions To Fight It 

-- Williamsport Sun: Stormwater System Repair Begins: Added Charge To Appear In October

-- Chesapeake Bay States Riparian Forest Buffer Networking Summit Oct. 12 In Maryland  

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Healthy Woodlands Partnership September Update

-- Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Commission Executive Director

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Citizen Action

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste - By Justin Nobel   [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. 15]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Battle Over Shale Gas Drilling Site Near High School

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Catholic Nuns In Lancaster County Fought A Pipeline, Now Citing Religious Freedom, They Week Damages In Court 

-- Environmental Health Project Marks 10 Years Of Defending Public Health In The Face Of Shale Gas Development

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste - By Justin Nobel   [PaEN]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Landowners To Receive $5.5 Million To Settle Suit Over Oil, Gas Rights In Fayette County

-- PennFuture Names Former DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell President & CEO  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Former DEP Secretary McDonnell To Lead PennFuture Green Lobbying Group

-- PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Host Sept. 21 Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29  [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act, Lewisburg 

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

-- Lehigh Valley Live: Proposed Expansion Of Transco PA-NJ Natural Gas Pipeline Focus Of Oct. 5 DEP Virtual Hearing

-- WeConservePA, Game & Fish & Boat Commission Urge You To Contact PA U.S. Senators Casey, Toomey To Support Passage Of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

-- TribLive: Harrison, ATI, Western PA Conservancy Partner To ‘Put Trees To Bed For Winter’

-- Let’s Bio-Blitz: Become A Citizen Scientist With North Branch Land Trust In NE PA  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Land Trust Hosts ‘Barn Banquet’

-- Sept. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Vote Now For Delaware Highlands Conservancy Photo Contest People’s Choice Favorite Thru Sept. 23 [On Facebook]

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Recognize PA Pollinator Photo Challenge Winners  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Going Native - Fall A Good Time To Plot Your Turf Lawn Makeover To Native Plant Garden

-- Penn State Master Gardeners, Alumni Spruce Up Flight 93 National Memorial In Somerset County 

-- Inquirer: West Kensington’s Community Garden A Refuge For Neighborhood, Advocates Trying To Give All Philly Neighborhoods Similar Spaces

-- York Daily Record: Refillism: York Store Will Fill Any Container With Eco-Friendly Cleaning, Beauty Products

-- Lebanon Daily News: North Cornwall Twp. Chair Slams Watershed Assn. For Threats Of Protest Over Stream Restoration Project

-- Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County Starting Sept. 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces Weekday Electronics Waste Collections In Allegheny County During October  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Want To Be An Olympian? Start Picking Up Trash In Pittsburgh

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Household Chemical Collection Event In Beaver County Oct. 8  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Allengheny CleanWays Crew, Volunteers Work To Clean Up Allegheny Riverbanks 

-- Warren Times: ‘A Lot Of New Old Stuff’ Found In Allegheny River Cleanup

-- TribLive Editorial: Laurels & Lances: Cleaning Up Along The Allegheny River

-- Warren Times: Volunteers Work To Clean Up Conewango Creek

-- Centre Daily Times: Recycling: Show Off Your Clean Tailgate Spot This Football Season For A Chance To Win A Gift Card

-- PA Resources Council Announces Inaugural Zero Waste Non-Event Fundraiser During October  [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: Right-Wing ALEC Group, U.S. Lobbyists Help Craft Slew Of Anti-Protest Fossil Fuel Bills [PA Bills Introduced]

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 17 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Climate

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: What To Expect At Next Week’s Global Clean Energy Action Forum

-- Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 To Consider Solar Energy Subscriber Program Bill  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 19 Info Meeting On Carbon Capture Technology  [PaEN]

-- StateImplementPA - Rachel McDevitt: In PA, Climate Change Can Increase Flooding Risk In Places That Rarely Worried About It, Middletown Is Seeking Solutions 

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania RGGI Climate Plan Faces Uncertain Future After Election

-- PA Awarded $25.4 Million In Federal Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: PA Receives First $25.4 Million In Federal Funds For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bill Gates To Join World Leaders For Global Climate Summit In Pittsburgh

-- Erie Times: Private Forest Landowners Can Get Cash For Carbon Reduction, Here’s How A PA Couple Is Doing It

-- USDA Announces Investments In Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities And Rural Projects - 19 Benefiting PA [PaEN]

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Agriculture Industry Partners Awarded $25 Million USDA Grant To Pay Farmers For Their Stewardship To Improve Water Quality, Reduce Carbon  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: $900 Million USDA Funded Climate Projects To Benefit Pennsylvania

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Awarded $55 Million To Advance Climate-Smart Farming, Marketing

-- Centre Daily Times: USDA Will Give Penn State $25 Million To Work With PA Dairy Farmers On Combating Climate Change

-- Penn State: No-Till Management May Reduce Nitrous Oxide Gas Releases, Fight Climate Change

-- NPR: Farmers Split From Republicans On Climate Change, They’re Getting Billions To Fight It 

-- West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct. 7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Penn Students Camp Out To Demand More University Action On Climate Change

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Regional Transit Zero-Emission Fleet To Cost $572.2 Million By 2045 Goal 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Climate Change Is A Parenting Issue - Work Toward Bold, Immediate Climate Action

-- Warren Times: Warren County Amends Land Use, Zoning Regulations To Regulate Solar Farm Development

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Pennsylvania Gives Millions To Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption

-- PEMA To Start Accepting Applications For FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants Sept. 30  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Sustainability: Hurricane Agnes 50-Life After The Flood Post-Film Panel Discussion

-- USA Today: Why Did Hurricane Danielle Form So Far North In The Atlantic?

-- The Guardian: Could America’s New Green Bank Be A Climate Gamechanger?

-- The Economist: Biden Administration Aims To Quantify Costs Of Ecological Decay

-- The Guardian: Megadrought In U.S. Southwest: A Climate Disaster Unseen In 1,200 Years

-- Bloomberg: Hate Speech Increases On Social Media When Temperatures Rise Above 86 Degrees F, Study 

-- The Guardian: Criticism Intensifies After Big Oil Admits ‘Gaslighting’ Public Over Green Aims 

-- The Guardian: Republicans Planning Legal Assault On Climate Disclosure Rules For Public Companies

Climate - New Federal Climate, Energy Healthcare Law

-- PA Capital-Star: Third Of U.S. House Democrats, Including In PA, Oppose Manchin Energy Permitting Deal In Stopgap Spending Bill

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expert: Hydrogen Hub Development Critical To Western PA’s Economic Future

--  Erie Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Act Opens New PA Energy Frontier - Clean Hydrogen - Team PA Foundation

-- Better Path Coalition Webinar Sept. 21 - How Green Is Blue Hydrogen?  7:00 p.m.

-- Scranton Times Editorial: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Energizes Environment, Economy

-- WSJ: Vehicle Battery Recycling Race Heats Up After New Federal Climate, Energy Law

Compliance Action

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

-- DEP Took Action On 565 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,119 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies In Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Westmoreland County Conservation District Announces 2022 Conservation Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sewickley Farm Earns Conservation Award Thanks To Management Practices

-- Warren Times: ‘Field To Forest’ Workshop To Be Held Oct. 1 In Warren County

DCNR

-- DCNR Announces Recreation Engagement Coalition Aimed At Growing $12 Billion Outdoor Recreation Sector In PA  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Outdoor Recreation Coalition Unveiled For Pennsylvania

-- WVIA: New PA Group Formed To Grow Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- DCNR Formal Notice Of Special Fall Round Of Community Conservation Partnership Grants

-- DCNR Announced The 2021 Annual Trails Report Is Now Available 

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: These DCNR-Funded Projects Could Change Your Outdoor Recreation Plans From Erie To Lancaster

-- Sept. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Eastern PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept.27-28 In Easton, Northampton County

-- DCNR Announced $762,414 In Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants To 122 Local Departments For Wildfire Suppression  [PaEN]

-- Festival Of Wood Returns To Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Sept. 24 & 25 In Pike County [PaEN]

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Children And Outdoor Recreation Are A Perfect Match  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Nature Heals And Reminds Us Of How Much Is At Sake - Helen Ubinas

-- WVIA: Pennsylvania Could Soon Have A New National Park - Delaware River National Park & Lenape Preserve 

-- Republican Herald: Ginseng: PA’s Little Know Wild Herb Shrouded In Mystery

DEP

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste - By Justin Nobel   [PaEN]

-- Lehigh Valley Live: Proposed Expansion Of Transco PA-NJ Natural Gas Pipeline Focus Of Oct. 5 DEP Virtual Hearing

-- Erie Times: EPA Work Nearly Done At Erie Coke (Coal) Site, Now It’s The State DEP’s Turn

-- IRRC Votes 4 To 1 To Disapprove A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation DEP Said Would Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: IRRC Votes Down Rule To Limit Manganese In Streams To Protect Public Health

-- House Committee Meets Sept. 13 On Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Drought Watch Remains In Place For 36 Counties, DEP Asks For Continued Voluntary Water Conservation  [PaEN]

-- Chester Water Authority Petitions DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board To Hold Hearings On Water Affordability  [PaEN]

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates  [PaEN]

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Electronic Devices Made By 4 Manufacturers Not Complying With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law  [PaEN]

-- DEP Celebrates 60 Years Of Scientist, Writer, Pennsylvania Native Rachel Carson’s Literary Work 'Silent Spring'  [PaEN]

-- PennFuture Names Former DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell President & CEO  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Former DEP Secretary McDonnell To Lead PennFuture Green Lobbying Group

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 565 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,119 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies In Last Week

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 17 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Federal Appeals Court Rejects PA Senate Republican Caucus Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban  [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Fracking Ban In Delaware River Basin Survives PA Republican Lawmakers’ Challenge In Federal Court

-- Reuters: Delaware River Basin Fracking Ban Challenge By PA Republican Caucus Rejected By Court

-- PennDOT Invites Comments On Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Ohio & Lake Erie Watershed Stormwater Management Plans [PaEN]

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: Helping Unsung Aquatic Heroes To Promote Cleaner Water - Freshwater Mussels 

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: September Estuary News, Upcoming Events, More  

-- Vote Now For Delaware Highlands Conservancy Photo Contest People’s Choice Favorite Thru Sept. 23 [On Facebook]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 16 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Federal Appeals Court Rejects PA Senate Republican Caucus Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban  [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Fracking Ban In Delaware River Basin Survives PA Republican Lawmakers’ Challenge In Federal Court

-- Reuters: Delaware River Basin Fracking Ban Challenge By PA Republican Caucus Rejected By Court

Drinking Water

-- Drought Watch Remains In Place For 36 Counties, DEP Asks For Continued Voluntary Water Conservation  [PaEN]

-- Standard-Speaker: Old Idea To Reclaim Mine Water Pitched Again To Supplement Water Supplies, But Hazelton Authority Has Doubts

Drought

-- Drought Watch Remains In Place For 36 Counties, DEP Asks For Continued Voluntary Water Conservation  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Game Commission: Deer Population Not Likely Hit By Drought

-- Standard-Speaker: Old Idea To Reclaim Mine Water Pitched Again To Supplement Water Supplies, But Hazelton Authority Has Doubts

Economic Development

-- DCNR Announces Recreation Engagement Coalition Aimed At Growing $12 Billion Outdoor Recreation Sector In PA  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Outdoor Recreation Coalition Unveiled For Pennsylvania

-- WVIA: New PA Group Formed To Grow Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- DCED Awards $17,475 Grant For Industrial Sites Reuse Program Environmental Assessment In Bedford County

-- West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct. 7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA Natural Gas, New Shell Ethane Plant Could Fuel Erie Industrial Renaissance - Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Shell Ethylene Plant In Beaver County Shows Value Of Never Giving Up

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expect: Hydrogen Hub Development Critical To Western PA’s Economic Future

-- Scranton Times Editorial: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Energizes Environment, Economy

-- Environmental Health News: The Titans Of Plastic In Pennsylvania

-- Festival Of Wood Returns To Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Sept. 24 & 25 In Pike County [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Minersville Borough Approves Ordinance Allowing ATVs On Streets To Promote Tourism

-- The Guardian: Republicans Planning Legal Assault On Climate Disclosure Rules For Public Companies

Education

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Professional Development Webinar Oct. 18 - Setback Distances For Unconventional Shale Gas Well Pads - How Close Is Too Close?  [PaEN]

-- Bobscaping Blog: What Would Rachel Carson Say About Fracking?  Video Of Aerial Photos Of The Oil & Gas Industrial Landscape In SW PA, Eastern OH And Northern WV

-- DEP Celebrates 60 Years Of Scientist, Writer, Pennsylvania Native Rachel Carson’s Literary Work 'Silent Spring'  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Conservation Museum At Middle Creek Wildlife Area Makes This National Hunting And Fishing Day Like No Other 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Going Native - Fall A Good Time To Plot Your Turf Lawn Makeover To Native Plant Garden

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Recognize PA Pollinator Photo Challenge Winners  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Penn Students Camp Out To Demand More University Action On Climate Change

-- West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct. 7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Climate Change Is A Parenting Issue - Work Toward Bold, Immediate Climate Action

-- Better Path Coalition Webinar Sept. 21 - How Green Is Blue Hydrogen?  7:00 p.m.

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Cloggers, Runners, Kayaks And More At Freeport September By The River Festival Sept. 17

-- Brandywine Conservancy Online Program Sept. 21: Exploring Nature In A Connected World Via iNaturalist App - Part I

-- Brandywine Conservancy Online Program Sept. 24: Exploring Nature In A Connected World Via iNaturalist App - Part II

-- TribLive: Western PA Region Targeted For Aerial Geological Survey To Map Underground Mineral Deposits

-- Festival Of Wood Returns To Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Sept. 24 & 25 In Pike County [PaEN]

-- Eastern PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept.27-28 In Easton, Northampton County

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Tour Of Dauphin County Game Lands Included In Game Commission Fall Schedule

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Webinar Sept. 20: Forest Restoration In PA With TNC Land Managers, Noon 

-- StateImpactPA: Oct. 1 In-Person Forum On Climate Change At WITF Media Center 

-- Join The 6th Annual Walk In Penn's Woods Oct. 2 And Learn How Forests Work For You [PaEN]

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [Natural Gas, Wood, Propane, Heating Oil]   [PaEN]

-- Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conference: Next Frontier For The 3Rs, Nov. 2-3  

-- Let’s Bio-Blitz: Become A Citizen Scientist With North Branch Land Trust In NE PA  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Ginseng: PA’s Little Know Wild Herb Shrouded In Mystery

-- DEP Blog: The Ins And Outs Of On-Lot Septic Systems In Pennsylvania

-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act, Lewisburg 

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Children And Outdoor Recreation Are A Perfect Match  [PaEN]

-- Save Pennsylvania’s Forests: Sept. 21 Webinar: Get To Know William Penn State Forest, Noon 

-- Chesapeake Bay States Riparian Forest Buffer Networking Summit Oct. 12 In Maryland  

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Healthy Woodlands Partnership September Update

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation: Fall Member Meeting Nov. 12, Festival Of Wood

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster’s North Museum Of Nature & Science To Host STEM Girls Summit Sept. 24

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Nature Heals And Reminds Us Of How Much Is At Sake - Helen Ubinas

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Fall Workshops, Events Line-Up - Pasture Walks To Potlucks  

-- Inquirer: West Kensington’s Community Garden A Refuge For Neighborhood, Advocates Trying To Give All Philly Neighborhoods Similar Spaces

-- Warren Times: Audubon Member Sneak Peek & Annual Meeting Sept. 26 At Audubon Community Nature Center

-- Audubon Scientists Use Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Data To Develop New Method For Mapping Bird Migrations

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Birding Festival Set For Oct. 7-9 In Philadelphia

-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Events Coming Up In October 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections On Nature: Algae Is Important To Health Lakes

-- Penn State’s Sustainability Efforts In Beaver Football Stadium Suites Lauded

Emergency Response

-- StateImplementPA - Rachel McDevitt: In PA, Climate Change Can Increase Flooding Risk In Places That Rarely Worried About It, Middletown Is Seeking Solutions 

-- PEMA To Start Accepting Applications For FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants Sept. 30  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Sustainability: Hurricane Agnes 50-Life After The Flood Post-Film Panel Discussion

-- WHYY Plan Philly: Why Hurricane Ida Left The Vine Street Expressway Under Water

-- Observer-Reporter: Columbia Gas Of PA Offers First Responder Natural Gas Pipeline, Facility Safety Training In Case Of Fires, Explosions

-- DCNR Announced $762,414 In Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants To 122 Local Departments For Wildfire Suppression  [PaEN]

6th Oil/Natural Gas Price Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- Beaver County Times/Erie Times: Three Farmers’ Almanacs Call For Heavy Snow, Cold Weather In Western PA

-- Observer: Electric Home Heating Costs To Increase This Winter Due To Increase In Natural Gas Costs; National Fuel Gas Raises Rates

-- WSJ: Rising Natural Gas Prices Expected To Make It More Expensive To Light, Heat Homes As Winter Looms

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Lawmakers Seek Report On Inflation: Natural Gas Increased 33% In Last 12 Months

-- Explainer: So Why Does A Susquehanna County Gas Company Have To Raise Rates 33.2% When Susquehanna County Is The #1 Shale Gas Producer In PA?  [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves 6.2% Increase For Natural Gas For UGI Utilities In 2 Steps By October 2023

-- PUC Acts To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Price Adjustment, But Leaves PGW’s Original WPA Rate System In Place

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Will Investigate Philly Natural Gas Works Rates After Summer ‘Weather Normalization' Debacle

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - No Change In Last 7 Weeks - 23

-- WESA/NPR: Soaring Electricity Largely As A Result Of High-Priced Natural Gas Are Latest Inflation Flashpoint

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Surge 11.5% In Biggest One-Day Gain Since July 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Jumps As EU Unveils Energy Intervention Plan, Including Price Index For LNG Imports

-- CNN: Americans Should Brace For Higher Natural Gas Prices, Chevron CEO Says 

National/International

-- Financial Times: US Shale Oil, Natural Gas Bosses Tell Europe: ‘There’s No Bailout Coming’ Unable To Step Up Supplies Quickly Enough To Prevent Winter Shortages’

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Drop 9% On Rail Deal, Bigger Than Expected Storage Volume

-- Bloomberg: Electricity, Natural Gas Prices Will Drive Global Inflation If Russia Chokes Off Flow  

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Surges As Traders Weigh Efficacy Of EU’s Intervention

-- Financial Times: EU Targets 140 Billion Euros From Windfall Taxes On Energy Companies

-- Reuters: EU Eyes Levy On Fossil Fuel Firms to Help Consumers Survive Energy Crisis

-- Reuters: EU Readies Energy Package, Countries Spilt Over Natural Gas Price Cap

-- Reuters: Explainer: The G7’s Price Cap On Russian Oil Begins To Take Shape

Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: What To Expect At Next Week’s Global Clean Energy Action Forum

-- Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 To Consider Solar Energy Subscriber Program Bill  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 19 Info Meeting On Carbon Capture Technology  [PaEN]

-- Explainer: So Why Does A Susquehanna County Gas Company Have To Raise Rates 33.2% When Susquehanna County Is The #1 Shale Gas Producer In PA?  [PaEN]

-- WSJ: Rising Natural Gas Prices Expected To Make It More Expensive To Light, Heat Homes As Winter Looms

-- Beaver County Times/Erie Times: Three Farmers’ Almanacs Call For Heavy Snow, Cold Weather In Western PA

-- Bobscaping Blog: What Would Rachel Carson Say About Fracking?  Video Of Aerial Photos Of The Oil & Gas Industrial Landscape In SW PA, Eastern OH And Northern WV

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania RGGI Climate Plan Faces Uncertain Future After Election

--  Erie Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Act Opens New PA Energy Frontier - Clean Hydrogen - Team PA Foundation

-- Better Path Coalition Webinar Sept. 21 - How Green Is Blue Hydrogen?  7:00 p.m.

-- StateImpactPA: Oct. 1 In-Person Forum On Climate Change At WITF Media Center 

-- Warren Times: Warren County Amends Land Use, Zoning Regulations To Regulate Solar Farm Development

-- Penn State: New Model To Help Reframe Transition To Low-Carbon Electric Power

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates  [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report: Mawson Infrastructure Group To Focus On Bitcoin Mining Facilities In PA

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [Natural Gas, Wood, Propane, Heating Oil]   [PaEN]

-- PUC Acts To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Price Adjustment, But Leaves PGW’s Original WPA Rate System In Place

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Will Investigate Philly Natural Gas Works Rates After Summer ‘Weather Normalization' Debacle

-- PUC Approves 6.2% Increase For Natural Gas For UGI Utilities In 2 Steps By October 2023

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA Natural Gas, New Shell Ethane Plant Could Fuel Erie Industrial Renaissance - Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- Scranton Times Editorial: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Energizes Environment, Economy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CEO Of FirstEnergy Corp Abruptly Retires, Interim Leader Named

-- The Guardian: Could America’s New Green Bank Be A Climate Gamechanger?

-- Reuters: Shell Picks Renewables Boss As CEO To Lead Green Transition

Energy Conservation

-- West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct. 7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards  [PaEN]

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Energizes Environment, Economy

-- The Guardian: Could America’s New Green Bank Be A Climate Gamechanger?

Environmental Health

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling Industry News: Pitt Tries To Recruit SW PA Families For Flawed Fracking/Cancer Study

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Professional Development Webinar Oct. 18 - Setback Distances For Unconventional Shale Gas Well Pads - How Close Is Too Close?  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste - By Justin Nobel   [PaEN]

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

-- Environmental Health Project Marks 10 Years Of Defending Public Health In The Face Of Shale Gas Development

-- PA Capital-Star: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. 15]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Battle Over Shale Gas Drilling Site Near High School

-- Environmental Health News: The Titans Of Plastic In Pennsylvania

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [Natural Gas, Wood, Propane, Heating Oil] [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Woman Briefly Hospitalized With County’s First Human Case Of West Nile Virus

-- Scranton Times: Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Lackawanna County

-- Bloomberg: Hate Speech Increases On Social Media When Temperatures Rise Above 86 Degrees F, Study  

-- Inquirer: Ragweed-Pollen Count Flies Off The Charts In Philly Region: ‘I’ve Never Seen It That High’

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Nature Heals And Reminds Us Of How Much Is At Sake - Helen Ubinas

-- Inquirer: West Kensington’s Community Garden A Refuge For Neighborhood, Advocates Trying To Give All Philly Neighborhoods Similar Spaces

Environmental Heritage

-- DEP Celebrates 60 Years Of Scientist, Writer, Pennsylvania Native Rachel Carson’s Literary Work 'Silent Spring'  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Conservation Museum At Middle Creek Wildlife Area Makes This National Hunting And Fishing Day Like No Other 

-- TribLive: Flight 93 Memorial Attendees Aim To Foster Knowledge In Future Generations

-- Penn State Master Gardeners, Alumni Spruce Up Flight 93 National Memorial In Somerset County 

-- Festival Of Wood Returns To Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Sept. 24 & 25 In Pike County [PaEN]

Environmental Justice

-- Chester Water Authority Petitions DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board To Hold Hearings On Water Affordability  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: USGS Announces Squaw Run Stream Renamed Sycamore Run In Allegheny County 

EPA

-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act, Lewisburg 

Farming

-- Westmoreland County Conservation District Announces 2022 Conservation Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sewickley Farm Earns Conservation Award Thanks To Management Practices

-- USDA Announces Investments In Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities And Rural Projects - 19 Benefiting PA [PaEN]

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Agriculture Industry Partners Awarded $25 Million USDA Grant To Pay Farmers For Their Stewardship To Improve Water Quality, Reduce Carbon  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: $900 Million USDA Funded Climate Projects To Benefit Pennsylvania

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Awarded $55 Million To Advance Climate-Smart Farming, Marketing

-- Centre Daily Times: USDA Will Give Penn State $25 Million To Work With PA Dairy Farmers On Combating Climate Change

-- Penn State: No-Till Management May Reduce Nitrous Oxide Gas Releases, Fight Climate Change

-- NPR: Farmers Split From Republicans On Climate Change, They’re Getting Billions To Fight It 

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: ‘Field To Forest’ Workshop To Be Held Oct. 1 In Warren County

-- Erie Times: Private Forest Landowners Can Get Cash For Carbon Reduction, Here’s How A PA Couple Is Doing It

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Fall Workshops, Events Line-Up - Pasture Walks To Potlucks  

-- MCall: Popular Grim’s Orchard In Upper Macungie Listed For Sale At Nearly $11 Million

-- USDA Announces Investments In Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities And Rural Projects - 19 Benefiting PA [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Gardeners, Alumni Spruce Up Flight 93 National Memorial In Somerset County 

-- Inquirer: West Kensington’s Community Garden A Refuge For Neighborhood, Advocates Trying To Give All Philly Neighborhoods Similar Spaces

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Recognize PA Pollinator Photo Challenge Winners  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Going Native - Fall A Good Time To Plot Your Turf Lawn Makeover To Native Plant Garden

Fish & Boat Commission

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Provides Update On Sept. 28 Meeting To Discuss Proposed Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Measures

-- WeConservePA, Game & Fish & Boat Commission Urge You To Contact PA U.S. Senators Casey, Toomey To Support Passage Of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Rep. Conklin Challenges Proposed Increase In Fishing License Fee

Flooding

-- StateImplementPA - Rachel McDevitt: In PA, Climate Change Can Increase Flooding Risk In Places That Rarely Worried About It, Middletown Is Seeking Solutions 

-- PEMA To Start Accepting Applications For FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants Sept. 30  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Sustainability: Hurricane Agnes 50-Life After The Flood Post-Film Panel Discussion

-- WHYY Plan Philly: Why Hurricane Ida Left The Vine Street Expressway Under Water

-- USA Today: Why Did Hurricane Danielle Form So Far North In The Atlantic?

Forests 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: These DCNR-Funded Projects Could Change Your Outdoor Recreation Plans From Erie To Lancaster

-- DCNR Formal Notice Of Special Fall Round Of Community Conservation Partnership Grants

-- Sept. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Join The 6th Annual Walk In Penn's Woods Oct. 2 And Learn How Forests Work For You [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announced $762,414 In Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants To 122 Local Departments For Wildfire Suppression  [PaEN]

-- Save Pennsylvania’s Forests: Sept. 21 Webinar: Get To Know William Penn State Forest, Noon 

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay States Riparian Forest Buffer Networking Summit Oct. 12 In Maryland  

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Healthy Woodlands Partnership September Update

-- Festival Of Wood Returns To Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Sept. 24 & 25 In Pike County [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Harrison, ATI, Western PA Conservancy Partner To ‘Put Trees To Bed For Winter’

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation: Fall Member Meeting Nov. 12, Festival Of Wood

-- PA Parks & Recreation Foundation: Outdoor Recreation And Children - A Perfect Match [Video] 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Nature Heals And Reminds Us Of How Much Is At Sake - Helen Ubinas

-- Republican Herald: Ginseng: PA’s Little Know Wild Herb Shrouded In Mystery

Forests - Wildfires

-- Centre Daily Times: Hazy Skies In Centre County’s Forecast Due To Wildfires In Western U.S. 

-- TribLive: California Wildfire Smoke Makes Its Way To Western PA

-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke From Western U.S. Expected In Philly Region Thru Weekend

Game Commission

-- Game Commission Board Of Directors Meeting Sept. 23-24

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Conservation Museum At Middle Creek Wildlife Area Makes This National Hunting And Fishing Day Like No Other 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission To Consider Outlawing Deer Urine Attractants To Decrease Spread Of Chronic Wasting Disease

-- Republican Herald: Game Commission: Deer Population Not Likely Hit By Drought

-- WeConservePA, Game & Fish & Boat Commission Urge You To Contact PA U.S. Senators Casey, Toomey To Support Passage Of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Tour Of Dauphin County Game Lands Included In Game Commission Fall Schedule

Geology

-- TribLive: Western PA Region Targeted For Aerial Geological Survey To Map Underground Mineral Deposits

Grants/Funding

-- DCNR Formal Notice Of Special Fall Round Of Community Conservation Partnership Grants

-- PEMA To Start Accepting Applications For FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants Sept. 30  [PaEN]

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebates  [PaEN]

-- USDA Announces Investments In Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities And Rural Projects - 19 Benefiting PA [PaEN]

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Agriculture Industry Partners Awarded $25 Million USDA Grant To Pay Farmers For Their Stewardship To Improve Water Quality, Reduce Carbon  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: $900 Million USDA Funded Climate Projects To Benefit Pennsylvania

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Awarded $55 Million To Advance Climate-Smart Farming, Marketing

-- Centre Daily Times: USDA Will Give Penn State $25 Million To Work With PA Dairy Farmers On Combating Climate Change

-- Penn State: No-Till Management May Reduce Nitrous Oxide Gas Releases, Fight Climate Change

-- NPR: Farmers Split From Republicans On Climate Change, They’re Getting Billions To Fight It 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: These DCNR-Funded Projects Could Change Your Outdoor Recreation Plans From Erie To Lancaster

-- DCNR Announced $762,414 In Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants To 122 Local Departments For Wildfire Suppression  [PaEN]

-- DCED Awards $17,475 Grant For Industrial Sites Reuse Program Environmental Assessment In Bedford County

Green Infrastructure

-- Westmoreland County Conservation District Announces 2022 Conservation Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29  [PaEN]

-- Lebanon Daily News: Saving The Chesapeake Bay One Waterway At A Times - On Proposed Snitz Creek Restoration Project

-- Lebanon Daily News: North Cornwall Twp. Chair Slams Watershed Assn. For Threats Of Protest Over Stream Restoration Project

-- TribLive: Sewickley Farm Earns Conservation Award Thanks To Management Practices

-- USDA Announces Investments In Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities And Rural Projects - 19 Benefiting PA [PaEN]

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Agriculture Industry Partners Awarded $25 Million USDA Grant To Pay Farmers For Their Stewardship To Improve Water Quality, Reduce Carbon  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: $900 Million USDA Funded Climate Projects To Benefit Pennsylvania

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Awarded $55 Million To Advance Climate-Smart Farming, Marketing

-- Centre Daily Times: USDA Will Give Penn State $25 Million To Work With PA Dairy Farmers On Combating Climate Change

-- Penn State: No-Till Management May Reduce Nitrous Oxide Gas Releases, Fight Climate Change

-- NPR: Farmers Split From Republicans On Climate Change, They’re Getting Billions To Fight It 

-- Erie Times: Private Forest Landowners Can Get Cash For Carbon Reduction, Here’s How A PA Couple Is Doing It

-- Warren Times: ‘Field To Forest’ Workshop To Be Held Oct. 1 In Warren County

-- Republican Herald: Frog Hollow In Wayne Twp., Could Become Schuylkill County Park In Spring 2023

-- WeConservePA, Game & Fish & Boat Commission Urge You To Contact PA U.S. Senators Casey, Toomey To Support Passage Of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

-- Let’s Bio-Blitz: Become A Citizen Scientist With North Branch Land Trust In NE PA  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay States Riparian Forest Buffer Networking Summit Oct. 12 In Maryland  

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Webinar Sept. 20: Forest Restoration In PA With TNC Land Managers, Noon 

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Healthy Woodlands Partnership September Update

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Recognize PA Pollinator Photo Challenge Winners  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Going Native - Fall A Good Time To Plot Your Turf Lawn Makeover To Native Plant Garden

-- PA Parks & Recreation Foundation: Outdoor Recreation And Children - A Perfect Match [Video] 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Nature Heals And Reminds Us Of How Much Is At Sake - Helen Ubinas

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

-- Erie Times: EPA Work Nearly Done At Erie Coke (Coal) Site, Now It’s The State DEP’s Turn

Hazardous Substances

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling Industry News: Pitt Tries To Recruit SW PA Families For Flawed Fracking/Cancer Study

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste - By Justin Nobel   [PaEN]

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

-- PA Capital-Star: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. 15]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Battle Over Shale Gas Drilling Site Near High School

-- Environmental Health News: The Titans Of Plastic In Pennsylvania

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [Natural Gas, Wood, Propane, Heating Oil]  [PaEN]

-- Lehigh Valley Live: Proposed Expansion Of Transco PA-NJ Natural Gas Pipeline Focus Of Oct. 5 DEP Virtual Hearing

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Commission Executive Director

Land Conservation

-- WeConservePA, Game & Fish & Boat Commission Urge You To Contact PA U.S. Senators Casey, Toomey To Support Passage Of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

-- Let’s Bio-Blitz: Become A Citizen Scientist With North Branch Land Trust In NE PA  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Going Native - Fall A Good Time To Plot Your Turf Lawn Makeover To Native Plant Garden

-- Erie Times: Private Forest Landowners Can Get Cash For Carbon Reduction, Here’s How A PA Couple Is Doing It

-- Warren Times: ‘Field To Forest’ Workshop To Be Held Oct. 1 In Warren County

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Webinar Sept. 20: Forest Restoration In PA With TNC Land Managers, Noon 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Land Trust Hosts ‘Barn Banquet’

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Recognize PA Pollinator Photo Challenge Winners  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Going Native - Fall A Good Time To Plot Your Turf Lawn Makeover To Native Plant Garden

-- Republican Herald: Frog Hollow In Wayne Twp., Could Become Schuylkill County Park In Spring 2023

-- Vote Now For Delaware Highlands Conservancy Photo Contest People’s Choice Favorite Thru Sept. 23 [On Facebook]

-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Events Coming Up In October 

-- Manada Conservancy Names Will Dingman Executive Director  [PaEN]

Land Recycling

-- DCED Awards $17,475 Grant For Industrial Sites Reuse Program Environmental Assessment In Bedford County

-- Erie Times: EPA Work Nearly Done At Erie Coke (Coal) Site, Now It’s The State DEP’s Turn

Lake Erie

-- PennDOT Invites Comments On Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Ohio & Lake Erie Watershed Stormwater Management Plans [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: EPA Work Nearly Done At Erie Coke (Coal) Site, Now It’s The State DEP’s Turn

Land Use

-- Warren Times: Warren County Amends Land Use, Zoning Regulations To Regulate Solar Farm Development

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Electronic Devices Made By 4 Manufacturers Not Complying With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law  [PaEN]

-- Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County Starting Sept. 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Final Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event Of Season Oct. 1 In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces Weekday Electronics Waste Collections In Allegheny County During October  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Household Chemical Collection Event In Beaver County Oct. 8  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces Inaugural Zero Waste Non-Event Fundraiser During October  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Allengheny CleanWays Crew, Volunteers Work To Clean Up Allegheny Riverbanks 

-- Post-Gazette: Want To Be An Olympian? Start Picking Up Trash In Pittsburgh

-- Warren Times: ‘A Lot Of New Old Stuff’ Found In Allegheny River Cleanup

-- TribLive Editorial: Laurels & Lances: Cleaning Up Along The Allegheny River

-- Warren Times: Volunteers Work To Clean Up Conewango Creek

-- Centre Daily Times: Recycling: Show Off Your Clean Tailgate Spot This Football Season For A Chance To Win A Gift Card

-- Post-Gazette: Giant Eagle’s Ban On Plastic Bags Begins To Spread

Mine Reclamation

-- IRRC Votes 4 To 1 To Disapprove A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation DEP Said Would Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: IRRC Votes Down Rule To Limit Manganese In Streams To Protect Public Health

-- Standard-Speaker: Old Idea To Reclaim Mine Water Pitched Again To Supplement Water Supplies, But Hazelton Authority Has Doubts

Noncoal Mining

-- IRRC Votes 4 To 1 To Disapprove A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation DEP Said Would Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: IRRC Votes Down Rule To Limit Manganese In Streams To Protect Public Health

Ohio River

-- PennDOT Invites Comments On Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Ohio & Lake Erie Watershed Stormwater Management Plans [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh

On-Lot Septic Systems

-- DEP Blog: The Ins And Outs Of On-Lot Septic Systems In Pennsylvania

Oil & Gas

-- Federal Appeals Court Rejects PA Senate Republican Caucus Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban  [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Fracking Ban In Delaware River Basin Survives PA Republican Lawmakers’ Challenge In Federal Court

-- Reuters: Delaware River Basin Fracking Ban Challenge By PA Republican Caucus Rejected By Court

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling Industry News: Pitt Tries To Recruit SW PA Families For Flawed Fracking/Cancer Study

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Professional Development Webinar Oct. 18 - Setback Distances For Unconventional Shale Gas Well Pads - How Close Is Too Close?  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Marks 10 Years Of Defending Public Health In The Face Of Shale Gas Development

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste - By Justin Nobel   [PaEN]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Landowners To Receive $5.5 Million To Settle Suit Over Oil, Gas Rights In Fayette County

-- Bobscaping Blog: What Would Rachel Carson Say About Fracking?  Video Of Aerial Photos Of The Oil & Gas Industrial Landscape In SW PA, Eastern OH And Northern WV

-- Explainer: So Why Does A Susquehanna County Gas Company Have To Raise Rates 33.2% When Susquehanna County Is The #1 Shale Gas Producer In PA?  [PaEN]

-- WSJ: Rising Natural Gas Prices Expected To Make It More Expensive To Light, Heat Homes As Winter Looms

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Lawmakers Seek Report On Inflation: Natural Gas Increased 33% In Last 12 Months

-- Observer: Electric Home Heating Costs To Increase This Winter Due To Increase In Natural Gas Costs; National Fuel Gas Raises Rates

-- PUC Acts To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Price Adjustment, But Leaves PGW’s Original WPA Rate System In Place

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Will Investigate Philly Natural Gas Works Rates After Summer ‘Weather Normalization' Debacle

-- PUC Approves 6.2% Increase For Natural Gas For UGI Utilities In 2 Steps By October 2023

-- CNN: Americans Should Brace For Higher Natural Gas Prices, Chevron CEO Says 

-- PA Capital-Star: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. 15]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Battle Over Shale Gas Drilling Site Near High School

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [Natural Gas, Wood, Propane, Heating Oil]   [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA Natural Gas, New Shell Ethane Plant Could Fuel Erie Industrial Renaissance - Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- Observer-Reporter: Columbia Gas Of PA Offers First Responder Natural Gas Pipeline, Facility Safety Training In Case Of Fires, Explosions

--  Erie Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Act Opens New PA Energy Frontier - Clean Hydrogen - Team PA Foundation

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expect: Hydrogen Hub Development Critical To Western PA’s Economic Future

-- Better Path Coalition Webinar Sept. 21 - How Green Is Blue Hydrogen?  7:00 p.m.

-- Environmental Health News: The Titans Of Plastic In Pennsylvania

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - No Change In Last 7 Weeks - 23

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Surge 11.5% In Biggest One-Day Gain Since July 

-- Financial Times: US Shale Oil, Natural Gas Bosses Tell Europe: ‘There’s No Bailout Coming’ Unable To Step Up Supplies Quickly Enough To Prevent Winter Shortages’

-- Reuters: U.S. Northeast Faces Potential Shortage Of Heating Oil, Diesel Fuel As Rails Start To Shutdown, Prices Expected To Rise

-- The Guardian: Criticism Intensifies After Big Oil Admits ‘Gaslighting’ Public Over Green Aims 

-- Reuters: Shell Picks Renewables Boss As CEO To Lead Green Transition

Pipelines

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- Observer-Reporter: Columbia Gas Of PA Offers First Responder Natural Gas Pipeline, Facility Safety Training In Case Of Fires, Explosions

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

--  Erie Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Act Opens New PA Energy Frontier - Clean Hydrogen - Team PA Foundation

-- Better Path Coalition Webinar Sept. 21 - How Green Is Blue Hydrogen?  7:00 p.m.

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

Permitting

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

-- Lehigh Valley Live: Proposed Expansion Of Transco PA-NJ Natural Gas Pipeline Focus Of Oct. 5 DEP Virtual Hearing

-- PA Capital-Star: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. 15]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Battle Over Shale Gas Drilling Site Near High School

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Shell Ethylene Plant In Beaver County Shows Value Of Never Giving Up

-- PennDOT Invites Comments On Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Ohio & Lake Erie Watershed Stormwater Management Plans [PaEN]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 565 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,119 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies In Last Week

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 17 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste - By Justin Nobel   [PaEN]

-- Lehigh Valley Live: Proposed Expansion Of Transco PA-NJ Natural Gas Pipeline Focus Of Oct. 5 DEP Virtual Hearing

-- PA Capital-Star: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. 15]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Battle Over Shale Gas Drilling Site Near High School

-- PennDOT Invites Comments On Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Ohio & Lake Erie Watershed Stormwater Management Plans [PaEN]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 17 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PUC

-- Chester Water Authority Petitions DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board To Hold Hearings On Water Affordability  [PaEN]

-- PUC Acts To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Price Adjustment, But Leaves PGW’s Original WPA Rate System In Place

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Will Investigate Philly Natural Gas Works Rates After Summer ‘Weather Normalization' Debacle

-- PUC Approves 6.2% Increase For Natural Gas For UGI Utilities In 2 Steps By October 2023

-- PUC Approves Marketing Practices Settlement With Verde Energy USA

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Fines Verde Energy $1 Million For ‘Slamming’ Customers And ‘Egregious’ Marketing Violations

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Aqua PA Is Fighting For A $276 Million Deal In Delaware County After Bucks Deal Went Sideways

Recreation

-- DCNR Announces Recreation Engagement Coalition Aimed At Growing $12 Billion Outdoor Recreation Sector In PA  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Outdoor Recreation Coalition Unveiled For Pennsylvania

-- WVIA: New PA Group Formed To Grow Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- WeConservePA: Wissahickon Trails Win Two Major Awards

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 4 Wissahickon Valley Trail Bridges Reopen, Restoring Vital Link To Center City Philadelphia

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: These DCNR-Funded Projects Could Change Your Outdoor Recreation Plans From Erie To Lancaster

-- DCNR Formal Notice Of Special Fall Round Of Community Conservation Partnership Grants

-- Sept. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Join The 6th Annual Walk In Penn's Woods Oct. 2 And Learn How Forests Work For You [PaEN]

-- Eastern PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept.27-28 In Easton, Northampton County

-- DCNR Announced The 2021 Annual Trails Report Is Now Available 

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Children And Outdoor Recreation Are A Perfect Match  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Nature Heals And Reminds Us Of How Much Is At Sake - Helen Ubinas

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Updated West Branch Susquehanna River Map & Guide Released  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Updated Maps, Guide Released For 228-Mile West Branch Susquehanna River Water Trail

-- Reading Eagle: Take Advantage Of The Great Outdoors, Right Around The Corner

-- WVIA: Pennsylvania Could Soon Have A New National Park - Delaware River National Park & Lenape Preserve 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Cloggers, Runners, Kayaks And More At Freeport September By The River Festival Sept. 17

-- Reading Eagle: Ground Broken On Reading City Park Playground Expansion

-- Festival Of Wood Returns To Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Sept. 24 & 25 In Pike County [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Minersville Looking To Allow ATVs On Borough Streets To Boost Tourism

-- Republican Herald: Minersville Borough Approves Ordinance Allowing ATVs On Streets To Promote Tourism

-- Republican Herald: Frog Hollow In Wayne Twp., Could Become Schuylkill County Park In Spring 2023

-- Inquirer: 14-Year-Old Boy Charged With Killing Of West Philly Rec Center Employee

Recycling/Waste

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste - By Justin Nobel   [PaEN]

-- PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Host Sept. 21 Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges  [PaEN]

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Electronic Devices Made By 4 Manufacturers Not Complying With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Want To Be An Olympian? Start Picking Up Trash In Pittsburgh

-- Centre Daily Times: Recycling: Show Off Your Clean Tailgate Spot This Football Season For A Chance To Win A Gift Card

-- Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County Starting Sept. 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Final Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event Of Season Oct. 1 In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces Weekday Electronics Waste Collections In Allegheny County During October  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Household Chemical Collection Event In Beaver County Oct. 8  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces Inaugural Zero Waste Non-Event Fundraiser During October  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Refillism: York Store Will Fill Any Container With Eco-Friendly Cleaning, Beauty Products

-- Post-Gazette: Giant Eagle’s Ban On Plastic Bags Begins To Spread

-- Environmental Health News: The Titans Of Plastic In Pennsylvania

-- Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conference: Next Frontier For The 3Rs, Nov. 2-3  

Regulations

-- IRRC Votes 4 To 1 To Disapprove A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation DEP Said Would Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: IRRC Votes Down Rule To Limit Manganese In Streams To Protect Public Health

-- House Committee Meets Sept. 13 On Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Law360: Commonwealth Court Considers Time Limit For Senate, House To Block PA State Regulations [RGGI Case]

Renewable Energy

-- Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 To Consider Solar Energy Subscriber Program Bill  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 19 Info Meeting On Carbon Capture Technology  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: What To Expect At Next Week’s Global Clean Energy Action Forum

-- West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct. 7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania RGGI Climate Plan Faces Uncertain Future After Election

-- Penn State: New Model To Help Reframe Transition To Low-Carbon Electric Power

-- StateImpactPA: Oct. 1 In-Person Forum On Climate Change At WITF Media Center 

-- Warren Times: Warren County Amends Land Use, Zoning Regulations To Regulate Solar Farm Development

-- Scranton Times Editorial: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Energizes Environment, Economy

-- The Guardian: Could America’s New Green Bank Be A Climate Gamechanger?

-- Reuters: Shell Picks Renewables Boss As CEO To Lead Green Transition

Stormwater

-- PennDOT Invites Comments On Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Ohio & Lake Erie Watershed Stormwater Management Plans [PaEN]

-- Lebanon Daily News: North Cornwall Twp. Chair Slams Watershed Assn. For Threats Of Protest Over Stream Restoration Project

-- Williamsport Sun: Stormwater System Repair Begins: Added Charge To Appear In October

Susquehanna River

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act, Lewisburg 

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Updated West Branch Susquehanna River Map & Guide Released  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Updated Maps, Guide Released For 228-Mile West Branch Susquehanna River Water Trail

-- Binghamton Press: Lawsuit Over Binghamton-Johnson City Sewage Treatment Plant Settled After Causing Millions Of Gallons Of Untreated Wastewater To Leak Into The Susquehanna River

Sustainability

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Fall Workshops, Events Line-Up - Pasture Walks To Potlucks  

-- Penn State’s Sustainability Efforts In Beaver Football Stadium Suites Lauded

-- The Guardian: Republicans Planning Legal Assault On Climate Disclosure Rules For Public Companies

-- WPost: Patagonia Founder Gives Away Company: ‘Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder’

Wastewater Facilities

-- Chester Water Authority Petitions DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board To Hold Hearings On Water Affordability  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Aqua PA Is Fighting For A $276 Million Deal In Delaware County After Bucks Deal Went Sideways

-- DEP Blog: The Ins And Outs Of On-Lot Septic Systems In Pennsylvania

Water Quality

-- USGS: Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Continued To Decline In 2018-2020 - By Rachel Felver, Director Of Communications,  Chesapeake Bay Program  [PaEN]

-- IRRC Votes 4 To 1 To Disapprove A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation DEP Said Would Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: IRRC Votes Down Rule To Limit Manganese In Streams To Protect Public Health

-- House Committee Meets Sept. 13 On Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health  [PaEN]

Watershed Protection

-- USGS: Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Continued To Decline In 2018-2020 - By Rachel Felver, Director Of Communications,  Chesapeake Bay Program  [PaEN]

-- Westmoreland County Conservation District Announces 2022 Conservation Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Invites Comments On Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Ohio & Lake Erie Watershed Stormwater Management Plans [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29  [PaEN]

-- Lebanon Daily News: Saving The Chesapeake Bay One Waterway At A Times - On Proposed Snitz Creek Restoration Project

-- Let’s Bio-Blitz: Become A Citizen Scientist With North Branch Land Trust In NE PA  [PaEN]

-- Lebanon Daily News: North Cornwall Twp. Chair Slams Watershed Assn. For Threats Of Protest Over Stream Restoration Project

-- USDA Announces Investments In Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities And Rural Projects - 19 Benefiting PA [PaEN]

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Agriculture Industry Partners Awarded $25 Million USDA Grant To Pay Farmers For Their Stewardship To Improve Water Quality, Reduce Carbon  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: $900 Million USDA Funded Climate Projects To Benefit Pennsylvania

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Awarded $55 Million To Advance Climate-Smart Farming, Marketing

-- Centre Daily Times: USDA Will Give Penn State $25 Million To Work With PA Dairy Farmers On Combating Climate Change

-- Penn State: No-Till Management May Reduce Nitrous Oxide Gas Releases, Fight Climate Change

-- Williamsport Sun: Stormwater System Repair Begins: Added Charge To Appear In October

-- Chesapeake Bay States Riparian Forest Buffer Networking Summit Oct. 12 In Maryland  

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Healthy Woodlands Partnership September Update

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: Helping Unsung Aquatic Heroes To Promote Cleaner Water - Freshwater Mussels 

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: September Estuary News, Upcoming Events, More  

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 16 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

-- WeConservePA, Game & Fish & Boat Commission Urge You To Contact PA U.S. Senators Casey, Toomey To Support Passage Of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Conservation Museum At Middle Creek Wildlife Area Makes This National Hunting And Fishing Day Like No Other 

-- Game Commission Board Of Directors Meeting Sept. 23-24

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission To Consider Outlawing Deer Urine Attractants To Decrease Spread Of Chronic Wasting Disease

-- Republican Herald: Game Commission: Deer Population Not Likely Hit By Drought

-- Fish & Boat Commission Provides Update On Sept. 28 Meeting To Discuss Proposed Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Measures

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Tour Of Dauphin County Game Lands Included In Game Commission Fall Schedule

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Rep. Conklin Challenges Proposed Increase In Fishing License Fee

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Happy Valley Fishing Opportunities Just As Remarkable As Penn State Football

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: Helping Unsung Aquatic Heroes To Promote Cleaner Water - Freshwater Mussels 

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: September Estuary News, Upcoming Events, More  

-- Audubon Scientists Use Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Data To Develop New Method For Mapping Bird Migrations

-- Brandywine Conservancy Online Program Sept. 21: Exploring Nature In A Connected World Via iNaturalist App - Part I

-- Brandywine Conservancy Online Program Sept. 24: Exploring Nature In A Connected World Via iNaturalist App - Part II

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Birding Festival Set For Oct. 7-9 In Philadelphia

-- Warren Times: Audubon Member Sneak Peek & Annual Meeting Sept. 26 At Audubon Community Nature Center

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Woman Briefly Hospitalized With County’s First Human Case Of West Nile Virus

-- Scranton Times: Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Lackawanna County

Opportunities

-- PennFuture Names Former DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell President & CEO  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Former DEP Secretary McDonnell To Lead PennFuture Green Lobbying Group

-- Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Commission Executive Director

-- Manada Conservancy Names Will Dingman Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CEO Of FirstEnergy Corp Abruptly Retires, Interim Leader Named

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[Posted: September 18, 2022]

9/19/2022